Fares has a background in biology, open science, and software development, having completed his M.Sc. in Quantitative & Computational Biology from the Université de Montréal. Fares has worked as a Research Assistant at the Northwest Regional Service Commission where he put into practice multiple remote sensing data analysis tools to study climate changes. He has also held several Intern roles with Environment and Climate Change Canada, Evidence for Democracy, and The Benning Lab (Université de Montréal) where he worked closely with open science and data management. Fares is one of the International Relations Interns. He will act on the Mission and Vision of the organization to maximize the impact of international activities by understanding the context of the Alliance in the broader stakeholder community.